Press Releases

June 22, 2022

This morning, President Biden called on Congress to support a suspension of the federal gas tax in an attempt to ease the pain Americans are facing at the pump. Gas has reached record high prices in recent months, as oil companies have limited production and used inflation and the war in Ukraine as cover to jack up prices and bring in record profits.

June 22, 2022

MOBILE, AL - Last week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted a petition submitted by Sierra Club, GASP, and the Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition (MEJAC) that asked the agency to step in to enforce pollution controls at Plant Barry near Mobile, AL. 

June 21, 2022

The Biden Administration announced a first-of-its kind agreement with Tribal Nations to co-manage Bears Ears National Monument. The Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and the Pueblo of Zuni signed a cooperative agreement to strengthen the management and protection of the 1.36 million acre site. Established in 2016 by President Barack Obama, Bears Ears was one of the first national monuments established upon the request of Tribal Nations. In October 2021, President Joe Biden restored the boundaries of Bears Ears, which had been slashed 85% by his predecessor.

21 de junio de 2022

El Sierra Club y 28 socios presentaron personalmente más de 72.000 comentarios públicos, incluyendo más de 11.600 recolectados por el Sierra Club, urgiendo a la Agencia de Protección Ambiental a proteger la salud pública y abordar la peligrosa contaminación interestatal de ozono adoptando la versión más sólida del propuesto Plan de Buen Vecino (GNP) para los Estándares Nacionales de Calidad del Aire Ambiente (NAAQS) de 2015.

June 21, 2022

Washington, DC — Today, the Sierra Club and 28 partners personally delivered over 72,000 public comments, including 11,686 comments collected by the Sierra Club, urging the Environmental Protection Agency to protect public health and address dangerous interstate ozone pollution by adopting the strongest possible version of the agency’s proposed Good Neighbor Plan for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

June 17, 2022

Governor Polis signed House Bill 22-1348, the “Oversight of Chemicals Used in Oil and Gas Production”. This transformative policy improves transparency by requiring public disclosure of all chemicals used in downhole operations of oil and gas production - a first-in-the-nation achievement.

June 16, 2022

Thursday night, members of the public and concerned environmental organizations showed up to voice their opposition to a permit that would allow the DTE Monroe plant to pursue a minimum compliance strategy for its water-based cooling system.

June 16, 2022

70+ groups, nearly 15,000 Sierra Club members submit comments supporting federal agency’s draft rule requiring publicly traded companies to acknowledge greenhouse gas emissions, climate-related financial risks

June 16, 2022

Yesterday, NextEra Energy announced plans to eliminate all its carbon emissions by 2045, partly by growing Florida Power & Light’s solar fleet to 90,000 MW and its energy storage capacity to 50,000 MW.

June 16, 2022

Eight years after committing to the retirement of the coal-fired power generation at North Omaha Station, this week Omaha Public Power District announced a dramatic change of plans to keep the polluting facility operating until at least 2026.